Qiyi X-Man Design 3x3 Tornado

[Aysha]

The new Qiyi 3x3 was just released on Zcube.hk:

More images can be found here: http://zcube.hk/mfg-3x3x3-Tornado

A video was also released on Youtube a week ago:

 

[asacuber]

Looks nice. Seems like the turning is somewhat similar to the Meiying.

 

[guysensei1]

Looks cool, but the big holes probably mean instability and floppiness

 

[hamfaceman]

Looks more reminiscent of the Bullfight than anything. I'll stick with my Thunderclap.

 

[APdRF]

Just bought one

 

[Ordway Persyn]

Looks nice, Is X-man like a sub brand or just the designer's name? Because a cube designed by one of the X-men sounds good to me.

 

[Forcefulness]

This looks cool, Qiyi has been impressive so far, let's hope that continues

 

[NubCubing]

Aha! Found it on thecubicle.us!

http://thecubicle.us/tornado-p-5586.html

 

[IBACubing]

It is also called the Qiyi Wind 3x3 on cubezz http://cubezz.com/goods.php?id=4851
Interesting 2 different names?

 

[Aaron Lau]

It is also called the Qiyi Wind 3x3 on cubezz http://cubezz.com/goods.php?id=4851
Interesting 2 different names?

I mean u gotta continue with those weather names, thunderclap,storm,wind...

 

[IBACubing]

tornado is a weather name !

 

[IBACubing]

I mean u gotta continue with those weather names, thunderclap,storm,wind...

Tornado is weather

 

[Isaac Lai]

It is also called the Qiyi Wind 3x3 on cubezz http://cubezz.com/goods.php?id=4851
Interesting 2 different names?

Probably just translated differently.

 

[Aysha]

But the box actually says tornado:

 

[Tyler Comfy Hat]

That is a sexy, sexy box.

I'm glad more brands are using black packaging as opposed to the usual boring white boxes.

 

[willi pilz]

Got this cube today. It's really good, definitely main potential for world class cubers.

The best way to describe it is, it is a mix between the thunderclap and the gans 356. It has a little bit of the flimsyness of the 356, but not as much.
The feeling is the same as the thunderclap. Algorithms flow really nice on it. Same as the yuexiao it can cornercut anywere. (Reverse is rediciously good, over line to line)

The cube is on the faster side, I'll try to put the harder gans springs in it + traxxas 50k. In my opinion longer springs make cubes hold a little bit better together and make them more stable.

Thanks for reading, have a nice day

 

[ZZTrooper]

Got this cube today. It's really good, definitely main potential for world class cubers.

The best way to describe it is, it is a mix between the thunderclap and the gans 356. It has a little bit of the flimsyness of the 356, but not as much.
The feeling is the same as the thunderclap. Algorithms flow really nice on it. Same as the yuexiao it can cornercut anywere. (Reverse is rediciously good, over line to line)

The cube is on the faster side, I'll try to put the harder gans springs in it + traxxas 50k. In my opinion longer springs make cubes hold a little bit better together and make them more stable.

Thanks for reading, have a nice day

How are corner twists? The florian holes look ridiculously large which makes it seem unstable and prone to twisting.

 

[willi pilz]

How are corner twists? The florian holes look ridiculously large which makes it seem unstable and prone to twisting.

No, i didn't had a singe cornertwist. If you look closely the corners are more sqared of than on the thunderclap or an aolong. But i did only about 20 solves and 200 T-Perms .
Oh, and i swapped the springs to gans S9 i think (the softest ones) and the cube is even better now.

This cube might be my main, if only thery wasn't the yuexiao. We will see what times i get with it. I average about 15 seconds.

 

[IBACubing]

Does anyone know if the m slices are slow? there is a video of testing :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl5JlEqGVms
and it looks like the m slices are slow. Or is that just him. Thx -ARB

 

[Aaron Lau]

Tornado is weather

yeah that is too.
Maybe qiyi were like "if we name it ours, we gotta have another weather name"